still standing on the porch watching her go.
And just that quick it wasn’t Tia or any other kids she was thinking about. It was the way he filled out a pair of jeans that struck her.
That certainly wasn’t what she needed to be thinking about this summer!
But surely it would become old stuff the longer she was around him, the more she got used to seeing him.
At least she was counting on that being the case.
And she hoped that the casual, friendly, free-and-easy environment he was asking her to be a part of bred that familiarity in a hurry.
So she could stop even noticing the way he looked in jeans or anything else.
So she could stop noticing him at all…
Chapter Two
W hile Tia napped on Sunday afternoon, Hadley stayed to listen for her as Logan put the finishing touches on the apartment he’d promised to Meg Perry.
It was in the upper level of the triple-car garage close behind—but not attached to—his house. He’d hired out the plumbing, electrical, and drywalling work he wasn’t qualified to do, but he’d done the rest of the construction himself.
The studio apartment wasn’t as spacious as the loft that he and his partner were putting into the upper level of the barn. That would be Chase’s place over the workroom, the office, and the showroom that were on the ground floor of that larger structure. But even so, the nanny’s apartment was open and airy and not at all cramped.
There was a small kitchen with a built-in table thatLogan had designed, complete with a semi-ornate, hand-carved edge. The living room was comprised of a flat-screen TV hung on one wall in front of a sofa and two matching easy chairs that had come from a collection he and Chase had done a few years ago that were a combination of oak and leather that made them comfortable and sophisticated at once. There was a beautiful double-sized sleigh bed that Logan had also designed and made himself, set on a platform area that rose two steps above the rest of the space to give some sense of separation. And there was a large bathroom and walk-in closet that provided the only closed-in sections of the place.
Curtains had been hung, the hardwood floor was finished, and there was even a small fireplace with a mantel he’d crafted himself.
And as he stood surveying his handiwork to make sure the apartment was ready for occupancy, he was satisfied with the way it had come out. He was also a little turned on by the image of Meg Perry living there, using the table, sitting on the sofa and the easy chairs, sleeping in the bed.
And he had no idea why…
But then he wasn’t quite sure what to make of Meg Perry all the way around. Or of his own reaction to her and the fact that he’d been thinking about her incessantly since she’d left yesterday.
Meg’s sister, Kate—who lived in Northbridge—had seen an ad they had placed in the local newspaper and passed it along to Meg. She looked good on the surface—she had a Ph.D. in child psychology, for cryingout loud, and Hadley had told him that she’d learned through their interview that Meg had gone from babysitting as a teenager to working her way through college doing day care, to counseling and treating kids at Children’s Hospital in Denver. Her background was full of work with children, so who better to be Tia’s nanny?
That had been Hadley’s argument in favor of Meg since Hadley had handled that whole thing while he was juggling keeping up with the business, the move, and getting the apartment finished. So even though he’d been concerned that Meg Perry was tremendously overqualified and wondered why she was willing to spend her summer as a nanny—something he still didn’t have an answer to—Hadley had talked him into it.
His first impression of Meg hadn’t been bad, but that had been surface, too. Initially, when he’d seen her standing at the other end of the hallway, he’d registered incredible, thick, wavy hair the color of cherrywood, beautiful emerald green eyes,
And just that quick it wasn’t Tia or any other kids she was thinking about. It was the way he filled out a pair of jeans that struck her.
That certainly wasn’t what she needed to be thinking about this summer!
But surely it would become old stuff the longer she was around him, the more she got used to seeing him.
At least she was counting on that being the case.
And she hoped that the casual, friendly, free-and-easy environment he was asking her to be a part of bred that familiarity in a hurry.
So she could stop even noticing the way he looked in jeans or anything else.
So she could stop noticing him at all…
Chapter Two
W hile Tia napped on Sunday afternoon, Hadley stayed to listen for her as Logan put the finishing touches on the apartment he’d promised to Meg Perry.
It was in the upper level of the triple-car garage close behind—but not attached to—his house. He’d hired out the plumbing, electrical, and drywalling work he wasn’t qualified to do, but he’d done the rest of the construction himself.
The studio apartment wasn’t as spacious as the loft that he and his partner were putting into the upper level of the barn. That would be Chase’s place over the workroom, the office, and the showroom that were on the ground floor of that larger structure. But even so, the nanny’s apartment was open and airy and not at all cramped.
There was a small kitchen with a built-in table thatLogan had designed, complete with a semi-ornate, hand-carved edge. The living room was comprised of a flat-screen TV hung on one wall in front of a sofa and two matching easy chairs that had come from a collection he and Chase had done a few years ago that were a combination of oak and leather that made them comfortable and sophisticated at once. There was a beautiful double-sized sleigh bed that Logan had also designed and made himself, set on a platform area that rose two steps above the rest of the space to give some sense of separation. And there was a large bathroom and walk-in closet that provided the only closed-in sections of the place.
Curtains had been hung, the hardwood floor was finished, and there was even a small fireplace with a mantel he’d crafted himself.
And as he stood surveying his handiwork to make sure the apartment was ready for occupancy, he was satisfied with the way it had come out. He was also a little turned on by the image of Meg Perry living there, using the table, sitting on the sofa and the easy chairs, sleeping in the bed.
And he had no idea why…
But then he wasn’t quite sure what to make of Meg Perry all the way around. Or of his own reaction to her and the fact that he’d been thinking about her incessantly since she’d left yesterday.
Meg’s sister, Kate—who lived in Northbridge—had seen an ad they had placed in the local newspaper and passed it along to Meg. She looked good on the surface—she had a Ph.D. in child psychology, for cryingout loud, and Hadley had told him that she’d learned through their interview that Meg had gone from babysitting as a teenager to working her way through college doing day care, to counseling and treating kids at Children’s Hospital in Denver. Her background was full of work with children, so who better to be Tia’s nanny?
That had been Hadley’s argument in favor of Meg since Hadley had handled that whole thing while he was juggling keeping up with the business, the move, and getting the apartment finished. So even though he’d been concerned that Meg Perry was tremendously overqualified and wondered why she was willing to spend her summer as a nanny—something he still didn’t have an answer to—Hadley had talked him into it.
His first impression of Meg hadn’t been bad, but that had been surface, too. Initially, when he’d seen her standing at the other end of the hallway, he’d registered incredible, thick, wavy hair the color of cherrywood, beautiful emerald green eyes,
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